Where does “brood” come from?

brood (Middle English) comes from Old English brād, from Proto-West Germanic braid, from Proto-Germanic braidaz — broad, wide.

brood (Middle English): broad

Definitions

  1. broad

Ancestry of “brood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrādbroad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide,...
2Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
3Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide

Words derived from “brood”

Every word from Proto-Germanic braidaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic braid →Every word from Old English brād →
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